Founded by Giovanni Berti, researcher and professor at the PisaUniversity, chief of the European group CEN/TC138/WG10, the team includes Francesco De Marco co-researcher since ten years, and Silvano Aldrighetti, expert on mechanical and electrical precision components application for XRD, entered since 2007.

Giovanni Berti and XRD-Tools have a registered Trade Mark and three keys patents covering the main advances of XRD technologies and correlated methods. A large geographic I.P. coverage of related technology is also available. Significant awards are:

The XRD-Tools technologies are implemented into the robotic function of DifRob®, where versatility and adaptability to the objects under test or to the sample under analysis, allow to operate as close as 5 mm from the object.

XRD-Tools performs in the frame of Non Destructive Testing methods on components and complete assys in labs or on site, having any dimensions, weight and shape, which might be difficult to reach, even if in operating conditions.

The development of new remote sensing measurements procedures are in progress.

The ability to perform Non Destructive and Non Invasive testing on materials, offers an early stage diagnosis of material wear, very important in high tech fields (aeronautics, for example).